Dr. Orna Izakson
@orna.bsky.social
Climate, polycrisis, mental health, functional medicine, 🌱🌲🌻🌼. Pro-science licensed naturopathic dr (OR/AK), herbalist, ex environmental journalist. Love 🥾and 📷 wild places. 💔 about 🌎. 1st-gen US, 🇮🇱 fam. Born 320ppm. #Angret. She/her/doctor.
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For the past year I’ve been gathering resources on the climate crisis and its effects on health, mental health, food and herbal medicines. Find those resources here: ndclimate.org
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Yes, sadly it is real.
November 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Yes, sadly it is real.
Saw some pretty leaves, met some lovely neighbors.
Taking walks while the sun still shines.
#BeautyBreak #DoomscrollBrick #FullColors #WalkingWithOrna
Taking walks while the sun still shines.
#BeautyBreak #DoomscrollBrick #FullColors #WalkingWithOrna
November 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Saw some pretty leaves, met some lovely neighbors.
Taking walks while the sun still shines.
#BeautyBreak #DoomscrollBrick #FullColors #WalkingWithOrna
Taking walks while the sun still shines.
#BeautyBreak #DoomscrollBrick #FullColors #WalkingWithOrna
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US Constitution, ArtI.S9.C8.3:
…No Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.
…No Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
US Constitution, ArtI.S9.C8.3:
…No Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.
…No Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.
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53% of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to American democracy.
Meanwhile, just 100 billionaire families spent $2.6 billion on federal elections last year — a 160-fold increase since Citizens United.
The people know: billionaires should not be able to buy our elections.
Meanwhile, just 100 billionaire families spent $2.6 billion on federal elections last year — a 160-fold increase since Citizens United.
The people know: billionaires should not be able to buy our elections.
November 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
53% of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to American democracy.
Meanwhile, just 100 billionaire families spent $2.6 billion on federal elections last year — a 160-fold increase since Citizens United.
The people know: billionaires should not be able to buy our elections.
Meanwhile, just 100 billionaire families spent $2.6 billion on federal elections last year — a 160-fold increase since Citizens United.
The people know: billionaires should not be able to buy our elections.
This whole thread.
There is absolutely nothing old or consolidated about *multiracial, pluralistic democracy* in America. It only started 60 years ago.
And the conflict over whether or not it should be allowed to endure and prosper has been the central fault line in U.S. politics ever since.
And the conflict over whether or not it should be allowed to endure and prosper has been the central fault line in U.S. politics ever since.
From 2022:
November 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This whole thread.
Surprising absolutely no one.
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Surprising absolutely no one.
Surprising absolutely no one.
While Trump declared “unending support to every victim of crime,” his administration abruptly canceled $72 million worth of grants intended to support crime survivors. bit.ly/483zmiY
Justice Department Slashes Essential Services for Crime Victims
After four decades of bipartisan progress, federal support for crime victims is unraveling.
www.brennancenter.org
November 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Surprising absolutely no one.
Surprising absolutely no one.
Noem spent over $200 million in taxpayer dollars to film videos over 2xs last year’s budget.
The money was funneled using a “no bid” contract to an unknown LLC created days earlier and is tied to the husband of her deputy at DHS.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
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The money was funneled using a “no bid” contract to an unknown LLC created days earlier and is tied to the husband of her deputy at DHS.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
apple.news/AZPU7INIQR3C...
New report exposes massive corruption in Kristi Noem's Department of Homeland Security — MS NOW
Jen Psaki shares new bombshell reporting from Pro Publica on the unseemly ties between Department of Homeland Security insiders and companies paid hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars to create vi...
apple.news
November 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Surprising absolutely no one.
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NEW: Using his clemency power, Trump has undone prosecutions made by his own DOJ during his first term.
Experts say the actions show a broad contempt for the justice system: “He’s rejecting ... the work of people he appointed but didn’t fully control.”
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
Experts say the actions show a broad contempt for the justice system: “He’s rejecting ... the work of people he appointed but didn’t fully control.”
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
A Tale of Two Terms: How Powerful Figures Were Prosecuted in Trump’s First Term, Then Pardoned in His Second
We found that Donald Trump has granted clemency in at least a dozen criminal cases that originated during his first term. No other president has used clemency to erase his own appointees’ actions on s...
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
NEW: Using his clemency power, Trump has undone prosecutions made by his own DOJ during his first term.
Experts say the actions show a broad contempt for the justice system: “He’s rejecting ... the work of people he appointed but didn’t fully control.”
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
Experts say the actions show a broad contempt for the justice system: “He’s rejecting ... the work of people he appointed but didn’t fully control.”
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
Good to hear in mind.
When an insurance company is deciding whether to pay for your medical treatment, it generates a file, which should contain all records associated with your case, including documents explaining why the claim was denied.
You have a right to see this file.
(Published May 2023)
You have a right to see this file.
(Published May 2023)
Health Insurance Claim Denied? See What Insurers Said Behind the Scenes
Learn how to request your health insurance claim file, which can include details about what your insurer is saying about you and your case.
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Good to hear in mind.
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Of course not. Why care about nature?
The federal government now says it will not release a National Wolf Recovery Plan, despite announcing a plan was in the works last year, saying the species doesn’t need federal protection, report @dailymontanan.com and @statesnewsroom.com
Feds change course, won’t issue national wolf recovery plan • Daily Montanan
Congress considering several bills that would remove all wolves from the Endangered Species Act
buff.ly
November 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Of course not. Why care about nature?
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Huh.
Trump dropped the tariffs on coffee, beef, and tropical fruit to LOWER PRICES.
I thought other countries paid for those?
Trump dropped the tariffs on coffee, beef, and tropical fruit to LOWER PRICES.
I thought other countries paid for those?
November 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Huh.
Trump dropped the tariffs on coffee, beef, and tropical fruit to LOWER PRICES.
I thought other countries paid for those?
Trump dropped the tariffs on coffee, beef, and tropical fruit to LOWER PRICES.
I thought other countries paid for those?
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Through every shutdown in history, the government has still provided economic data to the American people.
They aren’t doing it this time because the numbers are fucking terrible.
They aren’t doing it this time because the numbers are fucking terrible.
November 14, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Through every shutdown in history, the government has still provided economic data to the American people.
They aren’t doing it this time because the numbers are fucking terrible.
They aren’t doing it this time because the numbers are fucking terrible.
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NEW: DHS invoked the “national emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for a $220 million taxpayer-funded ad campaign.
We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefited from the deal.
We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefited from the deal.
Kristi Noem-Tied Firm Secretly Got Piece of $220 Million DHS Campaign
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for the taxpayer-funded campaign.
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: DHS invoked the “national emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for a $220 million taxpayer-funded ad campaign.
We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefited from the deal.
We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefited from the deal.
This is very bad.
This is designed to tank public health & primary care by excluding public health professions, advanced nursing practice, physical & occupational therapy from loans that can cover the cost of education. This is going to make an existing workforce crisis worse.
aspph.org/department-o...
aspph.org/department-o...
Department of Education Proposal Excludes Public Health Degrees from “Professional Degree” Definition
Discover the new results and implications of Dept of Ed consensus regarding professional degree programs and public health education.
aspph.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This is very bad.
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This isn’t good news IMO. When Willis was disqualified from prosecuting fraudulent elector Burt Jones because she hosted a fundraiser for his opponent, Skandalakis took that case for himself and disappeared it. I imagine he’ll do the same here.
BREAKING: Pete Skandalakis, executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, has appointed himself to prosecute the case against Trump and others in Fulton County.
The move follows a court ruling that disqualified Fani Willis from pursuing the case.
The move follows a court ruling that disqualified Fani Willis from pursuing the case.
November 14, 2025 at 3:49 PM
This isn’t good news IMO. When Willis was disqualified from prosecuting fraudulent elector Burt Jones because she hosted a fundraiser for his opponent, Skandalakis took that case for himself and disappeared it. I imagine he’ll do the same here.
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There is a very good reason why the thing I say most consistently about situations like this is "the violent rhetoric policy is my least favorite policy to write and enforce, and the policy that creates the most upheaval among the userbase when it is applied"!
"bluesky will suspend you for anything vaguely resembling a death threat" is maybe the single most consistent moderation policy they have I don't know why anyone is surprised by this one
yes, even if it's a reference to song lyrics
yes, even if it's a reference to song lyrics
The account owner of @sarahkendzior.bsky.social was suspended for 72 hours for expressing a desire to shoot the author of an article. The post, made 11/10, stated: "I want to shoot the author of this article just to watch him die." 1/2
November 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
There is a very good reason why the thing I say most consistently about situations like this is "the violent rhetoric policy is my least favorite policy to write and enforce, and the policy that creates the most upheaval among the userbase when it is applied"!
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It's unsettling how many people fell for the claim that an administration that hires open Nazi sympathizers and does a bunch of Nazi-like stuff is "fighting antisemitism."
Some want to believe, agreeing with the regime's anti-free-speech and anti-academic freedom goals. But some just fell for it.
Some want to believe, agreeing with the regime's anti-free-speech and anti-academic freedom goals. But some just fell for it.
If you thought sending horrific, racist texts was enough to get you shunned from political service, think again! trib.al/v2wPrV0
November 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
It's unsettling how many people fell for the claim that an administration that hires open Nazi sympathizers and does a bunch of Nazi-like stuff is "fighting antisemitism."
Some want to believe, agreeing with the regime's anti-free-speech and anti-academic freedom goals. But some just fell for it.
Some want to believe, agreeing with the regime's anti-free-speech and anti-academic freedom goals. But some just fell for it.
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Internal documents and former company executives revealed how Cigna doctors rejected patients’ claims without opening their files.
“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
(Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
(Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
How Cigna Saves Millions by Having Its Doctors Reject Claims Without Reading Them
Internal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors reject patients’ claims without opening their files. “We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Internal documents and former company executives revealed how Cigna doctors rejected patients’ claims without opening their files.
“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
(Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
(Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
Oopsie.
Because he wants us to be in pain.
Bad news, folks. Trump just signed the hemp ban into law.
www.cannabisbusinesstimes.com/hemp/news/15...
Bad news, folks. Trump just signed the hemp ban into law.
www.cannabisbusinesstimes.com/hemp/news/15...
Industry Stakeholders React to Trump-Signed Federal Hemp Product Ban
Businesses have one year to navigate federal changes that aim to close a ‘loophole’ for intoxicating hemp products.
www.cannabisbusinesstimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Oopsie.
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If you have tenure at Texas A&M and aren't maliciously emailing the president a dozen times every day to ask if you can say this or you can say that, then what's the point in having tenure?
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
If you have tenure at Texas A&M and aren't maliciously emailing the president a dozen times every day to ask if you can say this or you can say that, then what's the point in having tenure?
Just south of Eugene, Oregon.
Unconstitutional "birthplace" stop by ICE. These are crimes. The solution to crime is punishment.
November 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Just south of Eugene, Oregon.
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JD Vance owns a company that buys American real estate and sells it to foreign investors. They specifically target Americans in crisis to buy their property for less than it is worth.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
JD Vance owns a company that buys American real estate and sells it to foreign investors. They specifically target Americans in crisis to buy their property for less than it is worth.
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America's Roman Catholic bishops have rebuked the Trump admin's aggressive deportation campaign in a rare and near-unanimous statement.
"We as Catholic bishops love our country … we feel compelled now in this environment to raise our voices in defense of God-given human dignity."
"We as Catholic bishops love our country … we feel compelled now in this environment to raise our voices in defense of God-given human dignity."
November 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
America's Roman Catholic bishops have rebuked the Trump admin's aggressive deportation campaign in a rare and near-unanimous statement.
"We as Catholic bishops love our country … we feel compelled now in this environment to raise our voices in defense of God-given human dignity."
"We as Catholic bishops love our country … we feel compelled now in this environment to raise our voices in defense of God-given human dignity."